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"Fair use" for Blacklist

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Romek

hi

from the Faq:

"How does a blacklist work?

On user profiles, you'll see a button that has a circle icon with a slash through it. Clicking this button will add the user to your blacklist. This means the user will no longer see your giveaways on the homepage, and they will not be able to view or enter your giveaways from this point forward. If the user entered one of your giveaways prior to being blacklisted, their entry still remains valid."

So i understand this right? someone can people blacklist and they cant join his giveaways anymore BUT the guy who blacklist people can join everyone?
How you guyz even think this is fair?

I see only 2 options

  1. When i blacklist someone than this guy cant join my giveaways anymore AND i cant see/join his giveaways anymore
  2. remove this blacklist nonsense

Only this 2 options or this "blacklist" feature is nothing more than a exploit feature. Sure some people will use it correct but i bet biggest part of comunity will not only add people who break rules to this list. There will be People adding russians for being russians or other racism bullshit, there will people add players cause they dont like the games they play, there will people adding people cause they dont like what they have to say in forum, maby people add people cause they lose in a multiplayer game or whatever ..... i can see alot options for this and all are wrong.

A site like this need some fair use rules so plz "hide for me all giveaways from people on my blacklist" and this for everyone

thx for your time

9 years ago

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AdmiralP

Personally, I see nothing wrong with the system the way it is. The creator of the GAs should have some discretion in who is eligible to participate. That includes the option of eliminating people for their own reasons. Yes, that does mean that they can do it for crappy reasons such as their own biases. However, it also gives the person the freedom to identify users that do a disservice to this community. It can serve as their means of showing dissatisfaction with certain behaviors.

I guess I do not see a need or reason to create a mutually exclusive blacklisting system either. If a person limits my access to their GAs that does not necessarily mean that I have reason to do the same. Of course I say all this from my own point of view... and this is coming from a person that has but one person on their blacklist. That user made it there for blatant and excessive (again, IMO) derogatory statements in forum threads here and on their Steam profile. I may not approve of "leechers," but rather than blacklist them it is easier for me to show appreciation for contributors by setting level requirements for my GAs.

9 years ago
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BionicGolem

For me Blacklist is somenthing like reverse Steam group,instead inviting people i can exclude them.

"So i understand this right? someone can people blacklist and they cant join his giveaways anymore BUT the guy who blacklist people can join everyone? How you guyz even think this is fair?"

Its just like if i make giveway for steam group, only people in group can enter others cant ,but i still can enter giveaways made by people not in steam group.

9 years ago
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